We last checked in with JT Taylor three years ago, so much has changed. If you saw the announcement of a new race at Area BFE on Big Saturday, you want to listen in for the deets. JT spills it all!. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
6:45 – 284 acres outside of Tulsa that goes up against the river and US Army Corp of Engineers land with 26 miles of trails
12:12– they got hit by a trophy truck in a silt bed north of Loreto; broke the right rear of the car, but we changed it all out and still beat the competition by two hours
18:29 – We built the Nissan as a practice car for the Coronet, I have to learn to drive fast in two-wheel drive on asphalt again.
28:32 – We go out to Rednecks to help Derek and the guys run the races, we got Rugged Radio to donate a bunch of headsets, it was a game changer
30:56– ***ALL THE DEETS HERE*** Rock race at Area BFE on Big Saturday during EJS
55:19 –Entries open on March 1
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TRANSCRIPT
[00:01:39.830] – Big Rich Klein
All right, on this episode of Conversations with Big Rich, I am doing my first repeat from episode 92, way back in January 25th, 2022, three years ago, I talked with JT Taylor, the American Badass, and we have JT back on in the air this time because JT has got some cool things coming up, and life has changed over the last three years. So JT, thank you for coming back on, and let’s talk about the future.
[00:02:12.880] – JT Taylor
No, thanks for having me, man. I had a really good time doing it last time, and I’ve enjoyed listening to it several times, driving down the road, going from race to race.
[00:02:21.320] – Big Rich Klein
Awesome. And people seem to enjoy the podcast as well, because you’re actually, after 253 episodes, you are the number five rated listened to. And all of those that are higher than yours in listens are all people that I talk to before I talked to you. So your show is done really well.
[00:02:49.290] – JT Taylor
Oh, that’s cool. I’m glad people enjoy it.
[00:02:52.250] – Big Rich Klein
Right. So let’s jump in and talk about the last three years. So the last time we talked, you were just getting ready to start at Mid-America. We’ve got some things coming up in the future, but let’s talk about from then to now.
[00:03:13.550] – JT Taylor
We ran Ultra 4 there for a couple of years with Mid-Americaa. Then Robinette decided that he was getting out of the race business. So Ultra 4 went back to Hammer King. I looked in a different direction, and we started Heartland Racing Association there in Oklahoma. We raced at Mid-America for two races. Then the pending sale got it to where we couldn’t race there anymore. We paused our series and working on a piece of property outside of Tulsa that got a huge building on it and enough room to put a nice short course on. Working on that and keeping our fingers crossed that we can get something going because the location is really good. It’s like eight minutes from the Hard Rock Casino Hotel and 15 minutes from the international airport. It’s a really good location outside of Tulsa.
[00:04:18.220] – Big Rich Klein
Yeah, it sounds like it. 15 from the hotel, or from the airport, and eight minutes from Hard Rock. That’s pretty good.
[00:04:26.190] – JT Taylor
Yeah, that’s where, as you well know from running races, the closer you can stay at a city center, you’re going to get those casual spectators instead of the hardcore enthusiast.
[00:04:35.680] – Big Rich Klein
Correct. And that’s one of the things that always kills us with the rock crawling. None of our locations are in the heart of anywhere.
[00:04:46.500] – JT Taylor
No.
[00:04:47.110] – Big Rich Klein
Except the wilderness, basically. We got our next event coming up, first one of this season, it’s Bagdad, Arizona. Now, most people, most time when I mention Bagdad, they go, Where? But it’s a little mining town. There’s only two mining towns in Arizona, and Bagdad is one of them. And there’s only 800 people that live there, and every building is owned by the mine.
[00:05:13.580] – JT Taylor
Oh, wow.
[00:05:15.000] – Big Rich Klein
And I mean, the grocery store, the bank, I mean, every building, every piece of property there is owned by, and people lease. But it’s good for us to go in there, because they want us there to help give something back to the community.
[00:05:34.120] – JT Taylor
Yeah. No, that’s the only reason I even know of Bagdad is because of you going there and having events. Right. READ MORE
